Criminology and Criminal Justice

In your Criminology/ Criminal Justice degree you will have developed a wide range of skills that will be useful in a number of work settings. The information below gives some suggestions to help you identify a career direction.

Popular career options

Many criminology/ criminal justice graduates are interested in careers concerned with the prevention of crime, including work with offenders and potential offenders, careers in social inclusion, and law enforcement roles.

Formulating laws/ policiesGovernment social researchers, Law Commission research assistants

Legal administrationCourt administration workers, legal secretaries

Social welfareSocial workers, advice workers

Community renewalCommunity development officers

Other options

The transferable skills you have developed through your degree make you employable for a range of careers outside of Criminal Justice. Criminology/ Criminal Justice graduates can therefore be found in a range of other industries and roles including administration, education, law, social welfare, management and finance.

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Prospects which provides a list of options with Criminology or Criminal Justice.

Mapping out a career direction

As you have chosen an academic degree that could lead to multiple career options, you will need to analyse carefully your own skills, values and interests and compare these with job options to identify career areas that might suit you.

You will also need to think about how you will convey your skills and abilities to employers in the career areas you identify and consider what else you need to do to boost your employability. This might mean undertaking further study, work experience or voluntary work.

Identifying your skills

As a graduate in Criminology/ Criminal Justice it is likely that you have developed the ability to: